CADET SLOUCH
by Jim Earle aS^gd tO rCSigll
congratulations
PKeSIDeNT-eLCCT
Editor:
I request this information for
myself and the student body of
this university. Question: Will
you continue as editor of the
“Batt” next year? The reason I
ask this question is that in one
of your many comment columns
you said that you were classified
as a junior. Therefore you are
probably eligible as editor in the
next school year.
Since you are such a great ad
vocate of change and new ideas
on this campus, I feel that by
stepping down from your posi
tion as editor at the end of this
school year, you would really
prove your sincerity for all the
ideals you have so diligently ex
pressed in your many editorials
this year. By having a new edi
tor, we immediately have new
ideas, attitudes and, most impor
tant, insights into the problems
on this campus. You see, Hay
den, many students, including
myself, feel it is time for a
change. So how about it? Help
A&M out, don’t be editor next
year.
Vernon Goodwin ’72
Long before your letter ar
rived I had decided not to be the
editor again and for quite a few
more reasons than you list. But
thank you anyway for your less
than complimentary letter. It
shows that I have been effec-
One more time
We hoped it would not happen—but it did.
Somehow, this phrase sees a lot of use on the TAMU campus. We
find ourselves having to use it now, on a subject that it has been used
on time and time again. The public servants of the TAMU student, the
Election Commission.
The commission, this time, is trying, we hope, to determine who
circulated the lists around campus that named the Corps people running
for office and another that named the civilians.
But their methods stink.
They have leveled charges against two students. Then they have
said that the charges were based on hearsay evidence. Then it is
discovered that the two students did not even know that such charges
were being considered and that the Election Commission has not, as
would be expected, even asked them if the charges were true or not.
Things have come to a pretty sorry state in the student
government when the student newspaper must be the one to give the
accused the chance to deny the accusations. We are only glad that
somebody can give them that right. ,
Things have also reached a pretty sorry state when the Election
Commission, though meeting not as a commission but “a group of
people”, considers the evidence behind closed door^ To the^extent in
mwwr'
of it meets a reporter from The Battalion at his
, . with a golf club and an order to “get your ass out of here.”
The reporter was unimpressed.
As a result of all this, we are beginning to doubt almost everything
the election Commission tells us.
Of course, also considered in the above statement is that which
David Moore, the chairman, told us when he learned of what we
intended to print today.
“Go ahead,” he said, “I’m graduating anyway.”
There, my fellow Americans, is a responsible, hard-working,
student leader with true justice for the students as his number one goal.
Now, things are going to happen because of what these people
have done. Two students are committed, at least temporarily, into
suspicion. It could affect the course of one of their careers here at
TAMU. All because of that same old lack of competence that has
plagued student elections from the word go.
We know that by printing the page one article we will probably
hurt the good name of the two students and this bothers us more than
you can imagine. But we do so because we know that the problem that
exists with the commission will never be forced out in the open, where
it can be acted upon, unless we do it. That is why we print it.
The problem has been presented. The students must now solve it.
Relief will not come from the commission or from editorials. It can
only come from the students and their government. Let us now see
some responsible action.
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JOS
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Stalag TAMU
Notice how the campus is getting to look a bit like a concentration
camp—or more so than usual. Looking around, it seems hard to believe
Rudder’s Rangers felt a need to build an obstacle course. Military Walk,
now Military Hole, would do just fine.
We know that Ags cuss and carry on a good deal about this. Fence
to the right, mud to the left, and some gassed out s.o.b. throwing water
balloons. Typical, isn’t it?
Well, don’t despair. It is all being done for the good of TAMU and
its future. And remember, it will all be finished—about three years after
you graduate.
Cbe Battalion
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tive by helping to make the stu
dents concerned about events on
this campus. It is a gratifying
feeling. And by the way, may
we hope you stray from the norm
and graduate with your class.
How about it? Help A&M out.
—Ed.
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Editor:
As a write-in candidate for the
office of Civilian Student Coun
cil Secretary, I would like to
know why the results of that
election were not reported along
with the remainder of the elec
tion returns in the “Batt” Fri
day.
Do you happen to know ?
Douglas W. Kirk
The results were delayed be
cause they had to be hand count
ed, it being a write-in campaign
only. The count is still not fin
ished. When it is we will re
port the results.—Ed.
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Editor:
With regard to the state rep
resentative’s race locally:
1) In all of the press releases
that Mr. Presnal claims to have
put out, has he included his vot
ing record on special interest
bills? In particular, how has he
voted on bills sponsored by pres
sure groups that his brother is
a registered lobbyist for?
2) Can “Dr.” Stevenson doc
ument any of the allegations that
he has made about Essmyer, or
is he (Stevenson) again grasping
at straw.
Elect a winner. Vote Mike
Essmyer. Mike Essmyer will not
sell out to any one.
Gregg Holman
Civilian
(Continued from page 1)
war and mud pushball contests,
all in an area adjacent to Park
ing Lot 50 east of the Zachry
Engineering Center. It starts at
5 p.m.
On Wednesday, the agricul
ture barn will be the scene of a
5 p.m. stilt race and greased pig
scramble with 100-pound pork
ers the center of attention.
Feathers will fly Thursday in
a championship pillow fight spon
sored by Davis-Gary Hall.
Pillows will start swinging at
5 p.m. in the civilian area quad,
between Walton Hall and the
University Hospital. The fight
will continue until one student
— the champion — is left stand
ing.
Davis-Gary President Jim
Gleason said the contest is open
to any civilian student, who must
supply his own pillow.
Friday intramurals on the field
near Fowler Hall will include
tug-of-war, pushball and several
bicycle races.
“Las Vegas Night” will occupy
the entire second floor of the
Memorial Student Center. Play
money will be used on gaming
tables. Prizes will be auctioned
in the Ballroom afterwards, with
bidders using winnings off the
tables.
A&M vs. Rice baseball at 12
noon, the 3 p.m. Maroon-White
spring football game and 10 a.m.
and 12 noon rugby matches on
the drill field are centerpieces
for Saturday activities.
The east entrance and Bizzell
Street behind the System Build
ing will be blocked off from 10
a.m. to noon for the motorcycle
race.
“Rare Earth” will perform at
7:30 p.m. in G. Rollie White Coli
seum as a Town Hall Special At
traction. The sweetheart pres
entation dance will follow at 9
p.m. in Sbisa.
A buffet dinner at 6 p.m. will
involve President Jack K. Wil
liams, the Civilian Student Coun
cil and 120 invited guests.
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